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Post by funkymartini on Nov 13, 2004 19:49:12 GMT -5
Just curious, what sort of religious holidays do you guys celebrate, and what's the history behind it? I just had Diwali yesterday, I dunno if you guys know what that is, but its big in the Hindu and Sikh traditions. Here's an article I wrote about Diwali for a newspaper I work at. Scroll to the bottom www.thelasource.com/page.php |
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Post by DocD83 on Nov 13, 2004 20:49:50 GMT -5
Christmas, mainly. Which is odd because Easter really should be more important, but whatever.
Aside from that, I celebrate everything else by toasting it...10 or 20 times....
Yeah, my rampaging alcoholism is religious devotion. Yes! I knew I could rationalize it.
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Post by Magill on Nov 15, 2004 9:23:04 GMT -5
I find religioustolerance.org is a good site to learn a lot about different religions, including their core beliefs and holidays. For example, this page has a list of holidays around the time of the winter solstice in several religions. This page has holidays in December. But yeah, I celebrate Christmas and New Year's. When I went to Mass more regularly, I would go to church for other "Holy Days of Obligation" including All Saint's Day (Nov. 1) and The Feast of the Immaculate Conception (December 8). |
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Post by dajaymann on Nov 15, 2004 18:22:17 GMT -5
I just had Diwali yesterday, I dunno if you guys know what that is, but its big in the Hindu and Sikh traditions. Dude, Diwali is AWESOME! Of course, my only Diwali experience was at a celebration in Tallahassee for my Indian Arts class, but it was AWESOME! First, we chow down on some AWESOME indian cuisine, then everybody at the party (ages 3 to 93) hits the dancefloor to jam out with some AWESOME Indian Techno music. Diwali is AWESOME! One of my best holiday experiences. Dunno how true to form it is compared to other traditional Diwali festivals, but it rocked. Oh, and my family is into all the standard Christian holidays. Especially what I call the Winter Trifecta - Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. My mother maintains that her favorite religious holiday is Mardi Gras. |
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Post by loulabelle on Nov 15, 2004 22:43:11 GMT -5
I second that-- I grew up in Fiji and celebrated Diwali every year. It was more fun than Christmas. Good food, illegal fireworks, people dolling up their houses, urban legends about kids who die from firecrackers...
I'm sure I've heard the story behind Diwali before. Isn't it to do with a prince who returns from exile?
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Post by MarsNeedsTowels on Nov 16, 2004 4:48:34 GMT -5
Diwali is also known as the festival of lights, it celebrates the return of the Guru Hargobind Ji from imprisonment. It's a very popular holiday here in the Vancouver area, considering the very large Sikh population, it's probably behind only Halloween in terms of fireworks lighting in Vancouver. (Mostly due to lots of leftover legal fireworks purchased at Halloween)
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Post by funkymartini on Nov 16, 2004 22:19:38 GMT -5
Dude, Diwali is AWESOME! Of course, my only Diwali experience was at a celebration in Tallahassee for my Indian Arts class, but it was AWESOME! First, we chow down on some AWESOME indian cuisine, then everybody at the party (ages 3 to 93) hits the dancefloor to jam out with some AWESOME Indian Techno music. Diwali is AWESOME! One of my best holiday experiences. Dunno how true to form it is compared to other traditional Diwali festivals, but it rocked. Oh, and my family is into all the standard Christian holidays. Especially what I call the Winter Trifecta - Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. My mother maintains that her favorite religious holiday is Mardi Gras. lol.. err, that's not really diwali then, that's just an excuse to party. Which is still OK! Mars - there's a link in my first post for the history behind it |
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Post by CrankyMonkey on Nov 17, 2004 7:14:12 GMT -5
I think I have a pretty good set-up when it comes to holidays... I'm Jewish so I get to celebrate Hanukkah along with all of the other Jewish holidays, my boyfriend's family celebrates Christmas and Easter, and my sister-in-law is Japanese so I'm getting to learn about her Buddhist traditions. I like that I get exposure to all of the different ways that people celebrate during the holiday season.
Plus, since I don't actually celebrate Christmas myself, I can live vicariously through my boyfriend by decorating his apartment with all kinds of cheesy lights and a fake tree. There is nothing more festive than a $16 tree from Target!
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Post by dajaymann on Nov 17, 2004 19:53:10 GMT -5
lol.. err, that's not really diwali then, that's just an excuse to party. Which is still OK! Yeah, I always thought that may have been the case. But it was a great party, and I got extra credit for it! And, I swear, they were playing some raging Indian techno and there were little old Indian grandmas out on the dance floor gettin' down. A truly surreal experience. |
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Post by synchondrosis on Nov 18, 2004 21:12:05 GMT -5
Christmas season here starts in September until the first Sunday of January, which gives people an excuse to party for three months straight. We don't celebrate Halloween, but we do have an All Saints Day (Nov 1), where people go to the cemeteries to visit their dead loved ones and party there. The biggest events though, would still be Christmas, New Year, and Holy Week.
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Post by HappyPenguin on Nov 19, 2004 9:36:57 GMT -5
Christmas season here starts in September until the first Sunday of January. I think you live in my local mall. |
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